Boosters of the Virginia Technical Institute Football Program are rushing to put together enough funds to mitigate the effects of a new “Fines for Flags” program put together by their Special Teams Coach/Head Coach Frank Beamer. Beamer intends to fine $100 dollars from a player’s bowl-stipend for every personal foul they draw. Beamer also intends to make the players run a 100 yard sprint for every yard of penalties for which that player is penalized. The VaTech Boosters have not released any information on a plan to either fund this program or figure out a way to get people to run penalty sprints by proxy.
We’re also hearing reports of a giant sigh of relief by a large portion of VaTech alumni who, on first reading reports of this program too quickly, dropped the “L” from the word “Flags.” Those sorts of things just aren’t talked about in Virginia, son.
This is clearly an attempt by Beamer to clean up the image of a program that was penalized 12 times for personal fouls in their first 2 games of the 2005 season. This may also be a ploy to curry the favor of empathetic game officials who could realize that penalizing a VaTech player could cost that player as much as 1/20th their weekly handouts/salary/bonus tuition financing.
No word yet on whether Beamer’s attempts to clean up the program will include suspension of his “Unending 2nd Chances” policy that allowed Marcus Vick to continue playing for VaTech until it was no longer convenient.
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I find it interesting that he was able to start and finish when he obviously isn’t 100% but Armando Allen didn’t even sniff the field. I was fully expecting to see him on that last drive if nothing else, and I hope to see him this weekend if needed.
The thing that I was annoyed about given the injury to Clausen was the use of Crist. Those drives to end the half were great, and the running game really took over (or maybe it was Tate). However, all we hear about is how this kid is the future, and I thought I was watching a taller, bigger, and white Demetrius Jones. Why was he not mixing in some first down play action earlier? Why did he display what looked like a good arm only once? (Especially since Golden beat the guy on the overthrow) I just don’t understand these play calls now, and that is Charlie’s strong suit. Don’t even get me started with the obvious situations when he is calling a screen pass, I think I called out every single one against Purdue before the play…